The promotion confirmed the pairing following an initial report
from the
Las Vegas-Review Journal on Monday. UFC 216 takes place at
T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas and is headlined by an interim
lightweight championship bout between Tony
Ferguson and Kevin Lee.

The UFC announced the addition of the women’s flyweight division
earlier this year and will crown an inaugural champion at the
conclusion of Season 26 of “The Ultimate Fighter.”

VanZant hasn’t competed since December, when she suffered a
first-round submission loss to Michelle
Waterson at UFC on Fox 22 in a strawweight clash. The
23-year-old is 4-2 during her Octagon tenure.

Eye, meanwhile, is a natural flyweight who has struggled at
bantamweight in the Octagon. The 31-year-old Cleveland native will
enter the matchup on a four-bout skid following defeats to Bethe
Correia, Sara McMann,
Julianna
Pena and Miesha
Tate.